"US large luxury sedan market" is a very small market. SUV sales alone are two orders of magnitude higher than all large sedans combined, which is why Ford and GM are getting out of the sedan market - it's too small to make a profit.
Ford currently sells five models of sedans: Taurus, Focus RS, Fiesta, Mustang, and Focus Active. They're phasing out the first three models over the next few years, to be replaced with all new electric and hybrid models. Still spending a bit to keep the other two in production for the foreseeable future though.
It was a clear case of copyright infringement. Lundgren himself admitted that:
the disks had “labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos,” the Times wrote. As a result, Lundgren pleaded guilty to two of 21 charges, conspiracy and copyright infringement. He told the paper, “If I had just written ‘Eric’s Restore Disc’ on there, it would have been fine.”
It probably wouldn't have been fine though, he was still distributing copies of software without the copyright owner's permission.
What he probably could have done legally was write his own software and made restore disks with that. But copying software is much cheaper than writing software.
This is about someone publishing a graph that looks like a hockey stick and proclaiming global warming is real, but refusing to publish the original data to support that claim.
if this bill became law, the EPA would not be able to use public health data protected by confidentiality agreements
Almost all public health data can be used once it's de-identified. There will be some examples where an unusual combination of timing and medical conditions would mean it has to be kept confidential, but that's the exception and the number of cases will be small.
Round-up Ready corn doesn't occur in nature. A new-fangled rocket fuel that's 25% more efficient than any existing fuel doesn't occur in nature, but it's made of substances to do.
Shortly after Mosaic was released, Andreessen made a copy of the source code, moved to San Francisco and repackaged it as Netscape Navigator. That was one of the most profitable copies of code anyone ever made.
Agreed, it's not news. But an article that manages to mention Thiel, War on Terror, collecting personal information, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and illegal immagrants is clickbait gold.
Back in my younger days we occasionally solved problems using trial and error to identify the best solution. Today that's called "AI using machine learning" and costs more, because...I don't know why.
Before Global Warming was blamed for it, the Crown of Thorns starfish was identified as the culprit. It's not clear to me why temperature is now the cause with no mention of the starfish.
According to research by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, coral cover on surveyed reefs between 1985 and 2012 declined by about 50 per cent over that 27 year period. Crown-of-thorns starfish were responsible for almost half of this decline.
Research estimates that if crown-of-thorns starfish predation had not occurred over the past three decades, there would have been a net increase in average coral cover.
And if you ever need to drive in Pennsylvania you'll appreciate this feature even more. Marking roads is an afterthought, whether a street is named or numbered seemingly changes at random depending one which direction you are travelling, and the signs are usually so close to the intersection that their only use is to inform you that you just missed the turn.
Revolutions do happen occasionally, but they usually fail so the threat of a revolution isn't taken seriously. What happened in Turkey in 2016 is a perfect example.
That's called communism, and yes, there are have been many problems with it every time it's been attempted. Fraud is one, but the biggest is that you've removed the reward for working harder than your neighbor and you've given an incentive for lazy people to not work.
That's still not a good test unless you also give all of the winner's descendants the same allowance (adjusted for inflation of course).
Anecdotally, someone who lives a couple of miles from me actually did hit a million dollar lottery. He took the $50K for twenty years, moved his girlfriend into his house along with his wife and lived like his version of a king for twenty years.
Agreed. My submission had "basic income" in quotes to recognized that, but those quotes were removed by msmash.
However, I do note that when the program was started, many proponents celebrated it as an experiment in UBI even as critics pointed out that it wasn't really. It is but it isn't; but wait, now it isn't but it is. Whatever.
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Walmart already does that
Will they also poop in your car?
"US large luxury sedan market" is a very small market. SUV sales alone are two orders of magnitude higher than all large sedans combined, which is why Ford and GM are getting out of the sedan market - it's too small to make a profit.
Ford currently sells five models of sedans: Taurus, Focus RS, Fiesta, Mustang, and Focus Active. They're phasing out the first three models over the next few years, to be replaced with all new electric and hybrid models. Still spending a bit to keep the other two in production for the foreseeable future though.
the disks had “labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos,” the Times wrote. As a result, Lundgren pleaded guilty to two of 21 charges, conspiracy and copyright infringement. He told the paper, “If I had just written ‘Eric’s Restore Disc’ on there, it would have been fine.”
It probably wouldn't have been fine though, he was still distributing copies of software without the copyright owner's permission.
What he probably could have done legally was write his own software and made restore disks with that. But copying software is much cheaper than writing software.
This is about someone publishing a graph that looks like a hockey stick and proclaiming global warming is real, but refusing to publish the original data to support that claim.
if this bill became law, the EPA would not be able to use public health data protected by confidentiality agreements
Almost all public health data can be used once it's de-identified. There will be some examples where an unusual combination of timing and medical conditions would mean it has to be kept confidential, but that's the exception and the number of cases will be small.
naturally occurring substances
Round-up Ready corn doesn't occur in nature. A new-fangled rocket fuel that's 25% more efficient than any existing fuel doesn't occur in nature, but it's made of substances to do.
Shortly after Mosaic was released, Andreessen made a copy of the source code, moved to San Francisco and repackaged it as Netscape Navigator. That was one of the most profitable copies of code anyone ever made.
Or more likely, because the guy who invented the Anno Domini counting of years was a monk (Dionysius Exiguus), not a mathematician.
That's a feature. When you have a hole in your gas tank you get better mileage by driving fast than you do when driving slow.
Let's hope it turns out better than the fabulous agreement Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter worked out. Actually, that one was fabulous for North Korea, they got a few hundred million dollars and didn't give up anything in return.
Agreed, it's not news. But an article that manages to mention Thiel, War on Terror, collecting personal information, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, and illegal immagrants is clickbait gold.
Nobody said it was illegal, just that it was rigged. Which it was.
Back in my younger days we occasionally solved problems using trial and error to identify the best solution. Today that's called "AI using machine learning" and costs more, because...I don't know why.
Salaries for top A.I. researchers have skyrocketed because there are not many people who understand the technology
...because there are not many hiring managers who understand the technology, so they throw money at it instead.
Before Global Warming was blamed for it, the Crown of Thorns starfish was identified as the culprit. It's not clear to me why temperature is now the cause with no mention of the starfish.
According to research by the Australian Institute of Marine Science, coral cover on surveyed reefs between 1985 and 2012 declined by about 50 per cent over that 27 year period. Crown-of-thorns starfish were responsible for almost half of this decline.
Research estimates that if crown-of-thorns starfish predation had not occurred over the past three decades, there would have been a net increase in average coral cover.
And if you ever need to drive in Pennsylvania you'll appreciate this feature even more. Marking roads is an afterthought, whether a street is named or numbered seemingly changes at random depending one which direction you are travelling, and the signs are usually so close to the intersection that their only use is to inform you that you just missed the turn.
Nice post. By the way, when did you stop beating your wife?
And maybe to Google, this opens door for some business opportunities
Seriously? Of course that's the plan. Google is an advertising platform.
Exactly what I though when I read the summary. Trump isn't the cause, he's riding the backlash. If it wasn't him it would be someone else.
Revolutions do happen occasionally, but they usually fail so the threat of a revolution isn't taken seriously. What happened in Turkey in 2016 is a perfect example.
That's called communism, and yes, there are have been many problems with it every time it's been attempted. Fraud is one, but the biggest is that you've removed the reward for working harder than your neighbor and you've given an incentive for lazy people to not work.
That's still not a good test unless you also give all of the winner's descendants the same allowance (adjusted for inflation of course).
Anecdotally, someone who lives a couple of miles from me actually did hit a million dollar lottery. He took the $50K for twenty years, moved his girlfriend into his house along with his wife and lived like his version of a king for twenty years.
Agreed. My submission had "basic income" in quotes to recognized that, but those quotes were removed by msmash.
However, I do note that when the program was started, many proponents celebrated it as an experiment in UBI even as critics pointed out that it wasn't really. It is but it isn't; but wait, now it isn't but it is. Whatever.